New Study Elaborates on What Aquarium Owners Already Know Aquarium owners know that the right bacteria are critical for a healthy fish tank. But which bacteria are the right ones?

June 21, 2017 by Gina Misra Read More

How Do Algae Biofuels Compare to Diesel in Real Engines? Scientists put algae biodiesel blends and plain diesel fuel to the test in real engines to compare their efficiency and emissions.

May 24, 2017 by Gina Misra Read More

The Latest Cutting-Edge Water Filtration Technique Was Inspired By Your Kidneys Both scientists and start-ups are excited about using water-filtering proteins called aquaporins to make seawater drinkable.

May 23, 2017 by Mohit Nalavadi Read More

Is Organic Farming Really Better? It Depends. Organic farming and conventional farming each have their own strengths and weaknesses that depend on application.

May 2, 2017 by Gina Misra Read More

Bacteria-Powered Battery Helps Remove Lake Pollution Combining aquatic plants with a microbial fuel cell effectively reduces nitrogen pollution in water

March 7, 2017 by Gina Misra Read More

Growing plants with colored light changes their nutrient content Apparently, when you stress plants out by removing green light, they pump out more antioxidants!

January 23, 2017 by Gina Misra Read More

Grow High-Tunnel Lettuce Year Round on Fish Waste Flow-through aquaponics may help improve winter lettuce yields for farms using high tunnels, giving fish poop a whole new purpose.

January 12, 2017 by Gina Misra Read More

Can cold-loving bacteria help to clean up oil spills? The enzyme that breaks apart a major component of oil might be less active in the cold...

December 16, 2014 by Jacob Haqq-Misra Read More

How Long Will Human Civilization Last? Combining fields of sustainability and astrobiology to probe human civilization longevity

December 5, 2014 by Sciworthy Staff Read More

People power in Kenya greatly improves local fisheries

November 17, 2014 by Gina Misra Read More